Petanque in North Brooklyn, New York. Playing in McCarren Park
Williamsburg / Greenpoint, or other areas in Brooklyn. All players welcome. Please check the Blog, sign the Guestbook to connect with others and organize games local and afar.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

It was wonderful to meet up, this summer in New York, with valerie and her family, the creator of these fine animation shorts. She brings such warmth a humor to Pétanque, not only with her movies but as a player too. I look for ward to next years installment of the Christmas Crèche and those dedicated pétanque playing figurines.

A Joyeux Noël to all and may your New Year be filled with Pétanque, sea ,sex and sun......

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The sublime game, of French/Belgian decent, played world wide has now found it's way to North Brooklyn under the shade of three oak trees in McCarren Park williamsburg/Greenpoint. As in resent years the popularity, good press and not to mention the Bastille Day Bar Tabac Petanque tournament has opened a lot of eyes to the joy of Petanque. There are of course places to play in Manhattan and clubs to join, but time has come for some Brooklyn Boule. In McCarren park there are Bocce courts next to the running track but alas it's surface is not suited (in my opinion) to Petanque, as well as feeling like your playing in a coal bunker. So to the trees we go, three beautiful American Oak trees ( now more, thanks to the all the groups and support for the park), are nestled in the mid-south east of the park. The trees cover an area large enough for one game and there is a another, that is in thelight at night, shade by day and lit in the eve. They are NOT perfect "pistes" or man-made courts, but challenging patches of playable surface, so hard to find in our beautifully manicured urban city parks. To share the surrounding areas with such activities as Baseball, Kickball, Frisbees, kites and boomerangs; and on the odd occasion Medieval Sword Fighting. Only enhances the communal aspect of park life and the people around us.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I have started this blog to create some interest and hope that players of all levels can embrace the idea of playing in Brooklyn, maybe leading to having our own "Washington Square like Petanque Piste".

......MCCARREN PARK MAP.......

Directions: Take the L train to the Bedford ave stop (the first stop in Brooklyn) and walk North East along Bedford Ave or the G train to Nassau Ave and walk South West. By car going north on the BQE take the McGuinness Blv exit, go under bridge along McGuinness Blv and turn Left on Driggs Ave until you see the park.

Feel free to feed the pétanque fish cochonettes whilst you browse. Just click to drop a few in, to keep them coming back for more.